Section 1 — Index and Use
IPE Engineering Practice IPE-EP-1-0-3
Document number: IPE-EP-1-0-3 · Section: 1 — Index and Use
The full names, acronyms, and addresses of technical society and trade association codes, standards and along with other documents which are cited as reference in the IPE Engineering Practices are listed herein.
Abbreviation Organization
AASHTO American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 444 N. Capital Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001
ACI American Concrete Institute 22400 W. Seven Mile Road
P.O. Box 19150 Redford Station Detroit, Michigan 48219
(313) 532–2600
AEIC Association of Edison Illuminating Cos.51 East 42nd Street
New York, New York 10017
AFBMA Anti–Friction Bearing Manufacturers Association 1101 Connecticut Avenue N.W
Washington, D.C. 20036
AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalization
Tour Europe CEDEX 7 92080 Paris La Defense Paris, France
(1) 788 1111
(1) 788 1326
(also available through ANSI)
AGA American Gas Association 1515 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22209
(703) 841–8400
AGMA American Gear Manufacturers Association 1500 King Street
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
(703) 684–0211
AI Asphalt Institute
Asphalt institute Building College Park, Maryland 20740
AISC American Institute of Steel Construction 400 North Michigan Avenue –8th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60611
(312) 670–2400
AISI American Iron and Steel Institute 1133 15th Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 452–7100
AMCA Air Movement and Control Association 30 W. University Drive
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004 (708) 394–0150
ANSI American National Standards Institute, Inc.
1430 Broadway
New York, New York 10018 (212) 354–3300
(Case Interpretation Publication available from ASME) (Also American Standards Assoc. (ASA))
API American Petroleum Institute Publications and Distribution Section 1220 L Street Northwest Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 682–8000
ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers 345 East 45th Street
New York, New York 10017 (212) 705–7496
ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers
1791 Tullie Circle, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30329
(404) 636–8400
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers 345 East 47th Street
New York, New York 10017 (212) 705–7745
ASNT American Society for Nondestructive Testing 1711 Arlingate Ln.
P.O. Box 28518
Columbus, Ohio 43228–0518
(614) 274–6003
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials 1916 Race Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
(215) 299–5400
AWPA American Wood–Preservers’ Association Rt. 50 - Shopping Center Road Stevensville, Maryland 21668
(301) 643–4163
AWS American Welding Society 550 Lejeune Road
Miami, Florida 33135
(305) 443–9353
AWWA American Water Works Association 6666 West Ouincy Avenue
Denver, Colorado 80235
(303) 794–7711
BSI British Standards Institution Linford Wood
2 Park Street, London WIA 2BS Milton Keynes MK14 6LE, England 01 – 629 – 9000
(also available through ANSI)
BOCA Building Officials and Code Administrators, Intl.
4051 W. Flossmoor Road
Country Club Hills, IL 60477–5795 (708) 799–2300
CEMA Conveyor Equipment Manufacturers Assn.
932 Hungerford Drive
Suite 36
Rockville, Maryland 20850
(301) 738–2448
CFR Code of Federal Regulations Superintendent of Documents P. O. Box 371954
Pittsburgh, PA 15250–7954
(202) 783–3238
COE Dept. of US Army Corps of Engineers
Waterways Experiment Station Vicksburg, MS 39180–6199
(601) 634–3451
CRSI Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute 933 N. Plum Grove Road Schaumburg, Illinois 60173
(708) 517–1200
CS (Construction Series Standards) Publications ordered from:
The Asphalt Institute Asphalt Institute Building
College Park, Maryland 20740 (301) 779–9354
CTI Cooling Tower Institute 530 Wells Fargo
P.O. Box 73383 Houston, Texas 77273 (713) 583–4087
DEMA Diesel Engine Manufacturers Association 30200 Detroit Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44145
(216) 899–0010
DIN Deutscher Normenausschuss Beuth Veriag GmbH Burggrafenstrasse 4–7
1 Berlin 30, Germany
(also available through ANSI)
EEMUA Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association 14 Belgrave Square
London, SWIX 8PS, England 01 – 235 – 5316/7
(OCMA Specifications available from EEMUA)
EIA Electronics Industry Association 20011 Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
EJMA Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association 25 N. Broadway
Tarrytown, New York 10591 (914) 332–0040
EPA Environmental Protection Agency 401 M Street, SW
Washington, D.C. 20460–0001
(800) 424–4000
FCI Fluid Controls Institute
P. O. Box 9036 Morristown, NJ 07960 (201) 829–0990
FIPS Federal Information Processing Standards Publications Ordered from:
National Technical Information Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
5285 Port Royal Road Springfield, Virginia 22161
(703) 487–4600
FM Factory Mutual Engineering & Research Corp.
1151 Boston–Providence Tpke.
Norwood, MA 02062–0000
(617) 762–4333
IAPMO International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials 20001 Walnut Drive, South
Walnut, CA 91789
(714) 595–8449
IBN Institute Belge de Normalization Avenue de La Brabanconne, 29 B–1040 Bruxelles, Belgium
(02) 734 92 05
(also available through ANSI)
ICBO International Conference of Building Officials 5360 South Workman Mill Rd.
Whittier, California 90601
(213) 699–0541
(Uniform Building Code available from ICBO)
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission 3 Rue de Varembe
1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland
22 – 340150
(also available through ANSI)
IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
45 East 47th Street New York, N.Y. 10017 (201) 981–0060
ICEA Insulated Cable Engineers Association
P.O. Box P
South Yarmouth, Massachusetts 02664 (508) 394–4424
(available through NEMA)
ISA Instrument Society of America 67 T.W. Alexander Drive
P.O. Box 12277
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 (919) 549–8411
ISO International Organization for Standardization Publications available from National Standards 1 Rue de Varembi
Case Postale 56
CH 1121 Geneva 20, Switzerland Organizations (ANSI, BSI, JIS, DIN, etc.) 22 - 341240
JIS Japanese Standards Association 4–1–24, Akasaka
Minato–ku, Tokyo, Japan 107 81–3–583–8001
(also available through ANSI)
MBMA Metal Building Manufacturing Association Thomas Associations, Inc.
1230 Keith Building
Cleveland, OH 44115
(216) 241–7333
MIL STD (Military Standard) Commanding Officer
Naval Publications and Forms Center 5801 Tabor Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19120
(215) 697–2000
MPTA Mechanical Power Transmission Association 3451 Church Street
Evanston, Illinois 60203
MSS Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and Fittings Industry 127 Park Street N.E.
Vienna, Virginia 22180
(703) 281–6613
NACE National Association of Corrosion Engineers Publications Dept
1440 South Creek Drive Houston, Texas 77084
(713) 492–0535
NAPCA National Association of Pipe Coating Applicators Commercial National Bank Building, 8th Floor 333 Texas Street
Shreveport, LA 71101–3673
(318) 227–2769
NAVFAC Naval Publications & Forms Center
5801 Tabor Avenue 10013
(212) 962–4522
PFI Pipe Fabrication Institute
P. O. Box 173 Springdale, PA 15144 (412) 274–4722
PPI Plastics Pipe Institute
A Division of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. 335 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10017 (212) 351–5420
PS Voluntary Product Standard (United States Department of Commerce) Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402
(202) 783–3238
RIS Redwood Inspection Service 1 Lombard Street
San Francisco, California 94111
RMA Rubber Manufacturers Association
1400 K Street N.W. – 9th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 682–1338
SAMA Scientific Apparatus Makers Association 1101 16th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
SBCCI Southern Building Code Congress, Intl.
900 Montclair Road
Birmingham, AL 35213
(205) 591–1853
SIS Sveriges Standardiseringskommission Box 3295
Stockholm 3, Sweden
(Request Adjunct No. 12–422000–00) 46–8–613–5200
SSPC Steel Structures Painting Council 4400 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
(412) 268–3327
TEMA Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association 25 North Broadway
Tarrytown, New York 10591 (914) 332–0040
UL Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Publications Stock 333 Pfingsten Road
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
(708) 272–8800
UNI Ente Nazionale Italiano Di Unificazione Piazza Armando Diaz 2,
20123 Milano, Italy
(02) 876914
(02) 800548
(also available through ANSI)
USDI United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation
Superintendent of Documents
U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402
(202) 783–3238
VDE Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker VDE - VERLAG, GmbH
66000 Frankfurt / Main 70,
Stresemannallee 21 Germany
(0611) 6308–1
(also available through ANSI)
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